to put up the accumulation stats often needed to bolster a Hall-of-Fame case. Outside of that one year, though, he has three Pro Bowl nods, no first-team All-Pro spots and a 2-5 record in the postseason. Below them are the players who are In the running (between 40% and 69%), and then the players who have Work to do to get on the Hall of Fame radar, who come in between 10% and 39%. We don't talk enough about Hunter, who only has two Pro Bowl nods over his first five seasons. Hill's game still relies on speed, so he could be more susceptible to a career shortened by injuries than most other candidates, but if he gets three more seasons with Mahomes, he's probably in. Bosa won Defensive Rookie of the Year, which hasn't been quite as big of a boon as you might think. Since there have been only 346 people elected to the Hall of Fame (some of whom aren't even players), we don't always have great measures or estimates for what players at each given position have to do to make it. Players the Jaguars could target Bakhtiari, likewise, is blocked by Tyron Smith. ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN Vinatieri is arguably the greatest clutch kicker in NFL history, twice making last-second field goals to win Super Bowls and also making another famous kick in the Tuck Rule game that helped launch New Englands dynasty. Hilton, DE Justin Houston, DT DeForest Buckner, CB Xavier Rhodes. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, G David DeCastro, DE Cameron Heyward, S Minkah Fitzpatrick. If McCaffrey can piece together even two more seasons at his 2019 level and add two or three more like his 2018 campaign, that might be enough to make it to the Hall of Fame. If he can keep this level of play up for three more seasons, Jordan could get in. Inductees Nominees Induction Weekend Induction Process Landmark Award Squier-Hall Award Blue Jacket & Class Ring. Likely (70% to 99%): CB Richard Sherman. While Pro Bowls and All-Pro awards are hardly gospel, they're the best measure we have of how league observers valued a particular player in his time. Only two full-time kickers Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen are in the Hall of Fame, but it would be hard to see Vinatieri shut out given his accomplishments. We all know what he's capable of, but he needs to put together a first-team All-Pro or Defensive Player of the Year-level campaign soon. Fitzpatrick went from getting benched for the Dolphins in Week 1 to becoming a first-team All-Pro after his arrival in Pittsburgh; another year like 2019 will push him into Watt territory. Pro Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Village. Edelman has never made a Pro Bowl, but the only player with more receiving yards in the playoffs is Jerry Rice. As he turns 30 in September, Gilmore probably needs at least two more seasons in which he has a credible case as the best cornerback in football -- or a really long peak. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Joey Bosa, S Derwin James. Of the 27 Hall-eligible players who have pulled that off, 14 are enshrined.
Aaron Rodgers Tried Recruiting a Future Hall of Fame Wide Receiver To Although the Texans struggled through much of his career with the team, the franchise and fans always knew they could rely on him for stellar numbers. Longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell, meanwhile, had to wait until his seventh year on the ballot before gaining enshrinement to Cooperstown. Round 1: Kiper | McShay | NFL Nation The future of Tampa Bay's tight end room. He is right on the borderline between the "Work to do" and "In the running" tiers. 260 players who could win MVP In the running (40% to 69%): OT Trent Williams. Vander Esch's chances are stronger than his fellow linebacker because he was a first-round pick and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie, while Smith was a second-round pick and didn't make it until his third campaign. It's tough to rack up interceptions in the modern NFL, but Peters has 27 since entering the league, nine more than any other player. If you think this is too early for the 2019 seventh overall pick, think again. DeCastro has five consecutive Pro Bowl appearances and two All-Pro nods; if Faneca can't get in with nine consecutive Pro Bowl appearances and five All-Pro shots, DeCastro still has a lot of work to do. I had Wagner as a lock when I first compiled this list. So this is really a list of 15. Even so, I think hell eventually get there. James Harrison was a backup for four seasons, started regularly for the first time at 29, and probably won't make the Hall of Fame despite a pretty spectacular peak. The former LSU corner was already a star on the field after his 2018 campaign, but getting that first nod is usually tougher than getting invited back. I think Thomas is a prohibitive favorite to get in. Work to do (10% to 39%): QB Joe Burrow. Join our linker program. Winning an MVP in Year 2 obviously leaps Jackson into consideration on its own, but it doesn't seal it. In the running (40% to 69%): WR Odell Beckham Jr., WR Jarvis Landry. In Week 9, he led the league with 180 yards receiving, and for the year, hes No. Brown was arguably the NFLs best receiver from 2013-18 in Pittsburgh, but wasnt the same player after he left the Steelers. In his final college season, he had a nice 69 receptions for 1,394 yards and 12 touchdowns in 13 games as a redshirt sophomore. Watt is off to a dominant start, having racked up 34.5 sacks over three seasons while earning two Pro Bowl nods and a first-team All-Pro berth last season. The only wide receiver from Carmichael's era who had more TD catches was Paul Warfield, who had 85.
What Current NFL Players are Going to the Hall of Fame: NFC North What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? Kuechly played just eight seasons with the Panthers from 2012-19, but they were very good ones, with five first team All-Pro selections, seven Pro Bowls and a spot on the All-2010s team. He is a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, joining Lawrence Taylor as the only three-time winners of the award. How Antonio Brown is hurting his Hall of Fame future, and what the volatile wide receiver needs to do to fix it Brown's continued off-field distractions have cast doubt on when -- and if -- he . Likely (70% to 99%): WR Michael Thomas. As I mentioned with Prescott, Barkley's Offensive Rookie of the Year nod gets him in this category alone. Hes No. While the wide receiver logjam is a disaster for Hall of Fame voters, Moss should present a no-brainer case one day as a first-ballot choice. Leonard, with one All-Pro spot and a Pro Bowl appearance last year, is right behind. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. If his career lasts only six or seven seasons, though, he'll have to be a perennial All-Pro to make it to Canton. Ingram wasn't very good for extended stretches of time until his fourth season in the league in New Orleans, and while he has made three Pro Bowls since, he hasn't had a top-five season in terms of production or won a Super Bowl. With three rushing titles, a 2,000-yard season and an MVP award in his trophy room, Peterson will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. I've split players into four groups. The star inside linebacker made his first Pro Bowl last season, which is incredible given that it was his age-21 season. He figures to have a strong case for first-ballot election. That might bode well for Suggs case, especially with the premium placed on pass rushers in the modern NFL. Will OBJ defy his long-shot odds to lead NFL in receiving yards? As good as third-year receiver Chris Godwin has been for the Bucs this season, its hard to say that hes anything more than the Anquan Boldin to Evans Fitz. Often, I'm making an educated guess as to what would get a player in by looking at which accomplishments and plaudits matter more to voters.
How Calvin Johnson compares to the Pro Football Hall of Fame WRs 4 overall pick will start his career at left tackle after Nate Solder opted out of this season. He previously worked as the sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Gore is third in career rushing yards, which owes much to the fact that he also ranks third in carries. Lock (100%): QB Patrick Mahomes. Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens are two of the greatest players to ever catch a football, ranking first and second, respectively, in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in NFL history. Cliff Branch and Herman Moore are two of the few exceptions, but their performance fell off significantly after their third All-Pro trip and never recovered to their prior level. To contrast with a Hall of Famer, Derrick Brooks had six Pro Bowls and three All-Pro appearances by this point. Ten years after he retires, we're more likely to look at his two first-team All-Pro nods and forget those times he guessed wrong and gave up touchdowns with the Chiefs and Rams.
Cowboys News: Potential WR trade target off the board, Michael Irvin update Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Davante Adams, OT David Bakhtiari, LB Za'Darius Smith. Unless he turns things around dramatically this season, he would fall out of the "Work to do" category altogether. The Ring of Honor recognizes Vikings legends for their contributions to the success of the team on and off the field. Collins retired with 70 touchdown receptions, sixth-best total in NFL history at the time and more than Hall of Fame receivers Lynn Swann, Art Monk, Bobby Mitchell, Michael Irvin and John Stallworth. If Murray breaks out in Year 2, he'll be on the fast track. All of these guys have something in their favor, but it isn't enough to propel them to meaningful consideration as of yet. In the running (40% to 69%): RB Saquon Barkley. But during his 15-year career, Lewis has only been a Pro Bowler and Second-Team All-Pro in 2010. In the running (40% to 69%): QB Philip Rivers, G Quenton Nelson, LB Darius Leonard. The Cal product has five Pro Bowls and a first-team All-Pro appearance through his age-30 season. Just six of 32 Hall-eligible winners made it to Canton, although that's going to rise in the years to come as the likes of Charles Woodson and Julius Peppers win enshrinement. He was a Pro Bowler in 2017 and has 37.5 sacks over his first four pro seasons, but he was overshadowed a bit by Campbell over that time frame. As it stands, though, Gurley doesn't have enough on his rsum to get in. The superstar edge rusher has made the Pro Bowl every year except 2013, when he was suspended before going down with a torn ACL. But history suggests that his on-field performance makes him a Hall of Fame lock. Whether Johnson will be there to welcome Watt into the Hall of Fame will be interesting. It's not too late to play with friends and family. He might not make it on the first ballot, but he should make it eventually. With the onset of COVID, the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year moved its annual board-of-selectors meeting from an in-person session the day before the Super Bowl to a virtual communication . He claimed a sack title in 2017 and was half a sack behind Shaq Barrett a year ago. Worthy Hall of Fame (HOF) NFL Wide Receivers: The shoo-ins Let's start by running through five obvious cases of overly-qualified receivers who have not yet been enshrined. Gordon made it to two Pro Bowls during his five seasons with the Chargers, but injury concerns and fumble woes make it tough to see a Hall of Fame ceiling for the 2015 first-rounder. Will the Dolphins get a veteran QB? He has been one of the five best players at the second-most lucrative position in football over the past five years, and the fact that he was traded for two first-round picks and then delivered a wildly successful season with all of that attention in 2018 helps him. He deserves it. Heres what those guys did in their first five seasons and where they rank among all receivers in the age-21-to-25 cohort. Ngakoue has deserved more attention and might get it in a new locale if the Jaguars honor his request and trade the 25-year-old before the season begins. Gronk has five first-team All-Pro appearances. Joe Fortenbaugh isn't picking Odell Beckham Jr. to lead the NFL in receiving yards, but he expects Kevin Stefanski's scheme to improve the wide receiver's numbers in 2020. Unless he really hangs on into his 40s, he'll finish as the second-most-productive tight end in history, behind Tony Gonzalez. Peters might not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he should get in eventually. Rivers is probably the most difficult case to parse among veteran players. In his other two seasons, he racked up a combined 23 sacks and made a pair of Pro Bowls. He isn't going to catch Jerry Rice, but he's just under 5,000 yards behind Larry Fitzgerald, who ranks second in career receiving yards. We may be compensated for the links provided on this page. Football Insiders with Trey Wingo. In the running (40% to 69%): DE Chandler Jones. Xavien Howard made the Pro Bowl in 2018 and would be the best candidate, but he has missed an average of six games per season across his four pro campaigns. In 1996, he decided to play football full-time. Podcast: Stat superlatives Work to do (10% to 39%): C Alex Mack, DT Grady Jarrett. Bosa's case is trickier, in part because he missed four games in 2016 and nine games in 2018 with injuries.
Mike Evans is on pace to be a Hall of Fame caliber wide receiver Peterson, fifth all-time in rushing yards (14,918), is a good bet for election on the first ballot. His PFR Hall of Fame score of 94.2 ranks ahead of several wide receivers already in the Hall of Fame, including Michael Irvin, Art Monk, Andre Reed and Lynn Swann.
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Buccaneers: Antonio Brown back in Hall of Fame form in 2021 I'll start with the two young players. There aren't any Dolphins who would appear to have greater than a 10% chance of making the Hall of Fame. A portion of ticket purchases is a tax-deductible charitable donation to the Museum . Let's run team-by-team and try to estimate each notable player's chances of making it to the Hall of Fame given his current rsum. His time may come, but maybe not for a while.
Every NFL team's most likely future non-QB Hall of Fame inductee In the running (40% to 69%): C Maurkice Pouncey, LB T.J. Watt.
Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2021 Inductees - RADIO ONLINE The content on this page is for informational purposes only. Itll be interesting to see if his postseason prowess carries him, as it arguably did Lynn Swann in his eventual election. It might seem surprising to put Hill this high, but he has made it to four Pro Bowls and been a first-team All-Pro twice across his first four seasons. He has made five consecutive Pro Bowls and has a first-team All-Pro appearance. Lock (100%): DE J.J. Watt. At the same time, Green has missed 23 games over the past two years with injuries. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, September 1st at: www.radiohalloffame.com. Only Campbell is in the Hall of Fame. Browns star left tackle Joe Thomas and Jets greats Joe . With Anthony Harris hoovering up interceptions and Jamal Adams and Minkah Fitzpatrick emerging, 31-year-old Smith probably needs to earn that nod in the next year or two.
Hall of Famers | NASCAR Hall of Fame All seven players who did that and who are eligible for the Hall are in, and the list of ineligible guys includes Hill, Patrick Willis, Joe Thomas, Adrian Peterson, Patrick Peterson, Zack Martin and Aaron Donald. Like Hill, if Kelce gets three more seasons with Mahomes, I think he's a Hall of Famer. Everyone but Hill is either a lock or extremely likely to make it in. Just nine tight ends are enshrined, and Kelce's game leans more toward receiving than any of them. He's ahead of guys like Von Miller, Dwight Freeney, Terrell Suggs and Bruce Smith, and while he played more games than all but Suggs, the fact that he was a productive pass-rusher from the jump as a 21-year-old is a positive. From 2015 to 2019, his numbers are virtually identical to those of Eric Ebron. Work to do (10% to 39%): RB Le'Veon Bell, LB C.J. Gurley was a first-team All-Pro in 2017 and 2018, but he wasn't able to clinch a rushing title and didn't look like his old self last season. Watson is one of the best quarterbacks in football, although he might struggle to earn first-team All-Pro nods when stuck in the same time frame as Mahomes. McCaffrey is still only 24 and has a relatively sterling health history, so it's on him to buck history. The Notre Dame product probably needs a second one to have a viable shot at Canton. If that seems surprising after what he accomplished last season, remember that it was his first season with either a Pro Bowl or an All-Pro nod. Likely (70% to 99%): RB Ezekiel Elliott, G Zack Martin, OT Tyron Smith. He has been phenomenal while winning one Super Bowl, and came within an interception of winning a second, but he has also never been considered the best quarterback in football or garnered a single MVP vote. As he enters the league, Young's chances of making the Hall of Fame on draft status alone sneak him into consideration. Players with that sort of injury history early in their careers typically don't have the sort of lengthy peak needed to become a Hall of Famer. Giants fans would be happy if Thomas solidified a position that has been a mess since Will Beatty tore his pec in 2015. He started his career with seven Pro Bowls in seven seasons, which is rarefied air. He shared a receivers room with four Hall-of-Famers and caught balls from a pair of Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks in Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner while playing in eight post-season games . QB Anthony Richardson rejects 'project label' entering combine, Texans terminate center Justin Britt's contract, Bun B, Badu, J.J. Watt celebrate RodeoHouston Southern Takeover. Likely (70% to 99%): TE Rob Gronkowski. Mike Evans is on pace to be a Hall of Fame caliber wide receiver. Work to do (10% to 39%): DE DeMarcus Lawrence, DT Gerald McCoy, LB Leighton Vander Esch. On Saturday night, Eagles star Harold Carmichael and Rams star Isaac Bruce were inducted as part of a . Reggie Wayne, a Senior Bowl Hall of Famer, prepped Jalen Wayne for what to . I would put Gronkowski's chance somewhere around 99%. Finish reading this entire article absolutely FREE in our app. Judging safeties on interceptions is stupid, but we haven't evolved beyond that point. He made only two Pro Bowls with the Cardinals, which was a farce. While James is closer to the 69% end of the spectrum here, Bosa's more toward 40%. David has been supremely underrated during his career, but after earning a first-team All-Pro nod in 2013, he has made it to a lone Pro Bowl over the ensuing six seasons. Jeremy Fowler polled a panel of more than 50 coaches, execs, scouts and players to come up with top-10 rankings for 2020: QB | RB | TE | WR | OT Henry plays a Hall-friendly position and just won a rushing title. Gates, a former college basketball player, had one of the greatest careers for an undrafted player, logging 16 seasons with the Chargers. A candidate must get 80 percent of the vote to be elected. The former Philadelphia Eagles great and St. Louis Rams star will become the 28th and 29th wide receivers to be honored with a place in Canton, OH. He was nearly a lock after making four Pro Bowls and three first-team All-Pro nods across his first five seasons, but injuries have cost Thomas 20 games over the subsequent four years. Work to do (10% to 39%): WR Julian Edelman, LB Dont'a Hightower, S Devin McCourty. Edelman's career as a starter really didn't begin until he was 27, so while his case is built on postseason performance, I still don't think he has the regular-season production needed to supplement a case. Jackson does an incredible job of avoiding hits and getting out of bounds, but there's naturally going to be questions about whether a quarterback can run the ball 10 times per game in the modern NFL and have a 15-year career as a starter. I think Patrick Willis is going to make it in after an eight-year career in which he racked up seven Pro Bowl appearances and five first-team All-Pro nods and retired as he turned 30. 8/16/2011. Hekker's case is interesting. He led that sports section to three Associated Press Sports Editors top-10 national awards and his work has been honored by APSE and the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors. Lock (100%): DT Aaron Donald. Even if Hopkins takes a step backward without Deshaun Watson, he's probably just a couple of Pro Bowls from getting in.
Rams' best draft class featured two Hall of Fame wide receivers - Los Most Approximate Value (AV) in a receiver's best sets of five and seven consecutive seasons, 1960-2019. He's an easy Hall of Famer. Top-10 picks who make it to the Pro Bowl as rookies have a great track record. Eagles fans will be furious, but the reality is that Wentz has made one Pro Bowl and hasn't won a playoff game or led the league in a major statistical category (outside of fumbles) during his first four seasons. AP Photo/Harold Filan. On a weekly basis, Evans is a volatile player, but his year-over-year production has been incredibly consistent.
Freedman: Mike Evans Will Be in the NFL Hall of Fame DT | LB | CB | Safety It's an extremely small sample, and Collins is another example of a player who had an early All-Pro appearance before taking a step backward, but Adams projects as a superstar.
"Nuk" has been a first-team All-Pro in each of his past three seasons, which is the sort of run that earns skill-position players a trip to Canton on their own. If the Falcons had held on to their lead and won the Super Bowl, Ryan would have won game MVP, and his 2016 probably would have been enough for a gold jacket. Gilmore wasn't on track to become a Hall of Famer before he joined the Patriots, having made one Pro Bowl across his first five seasons in Buffalo, but he has made back-to-back first-team All-Pro teams and then won Defensive Player of the Year last season. Adams has two Pro Bowls and an All-Pro nod across his first three seasons, putting him in a group with safeties such as Kenny Easley, Steve Atwater, Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu. The reason Jackson is in this section and Fuller is in the next group is that Jackson has made two Pro Bowls in three seasons while Fuller has two across six years. Elliott has already won two rushing titles across his first four seasons, and that might be enough on its own. Jets, Browns tapped for 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN Skeptics will point out that Rivers was 5-6 in the postseason and only made it as far as one AFC Championship Game, but he's also sixth in NFL history in passing yards and passing touchdowns. There are four notable first-time eligibles on this ballot: running back Adrian Peterson, tight end Rob Gronkowski, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Antonio Brown. (1:43), Barnwell: Projecting future Hall of Famers for all 32 NFL teams, The future of the NFL combine: Is there really a chance it could end forever? Za'Darius Smith might have been the best pass-rusher in the league last season and has been great over the past two years on a snap-by-snap basis, but he turns 28 in September. The second-best trade in Reid's history might have been trading a first-rounder to the Bills in 2009 for Peters, who has held down left tackle for 10 of the past 11 seasons in Philadelphia and will return to play guard in 2020. Astros great Craig Biggio had to wait until his third time on the ballot to be voted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and fell an agonizing two votes shy the previous year. When I last attempted something like this column in June 2016, I gave Beckham a 50% chance of making the Hall of Fame after two dominant seasons as a pro. Its rattlesnake season in Texas.
50 Greatest QB-WR Duos in NFL History - Bleacher Report Jones is likely to top 13,000 receiving yards and earn his eighth Pro Bowl nod this season, which should be enough to seal things for the superstar wideout. I think his five-year peak with the Seahawks probably would have been enough to get him in, but earning a sixth Pro Bowl trip with the 49ers last season only helped his chances. Action Network makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information given or the outcome of any game or event. The former Ozen High star and 14-year NBA vet has more on his mind than basketball, offering essays on life, his family and America. Wilson is somewhere in the 90% range. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. He has the third most sacks through his age-25 season of any player since the league made it an official stat in 1982, trailing only Derrick Thomas and J.J. Watt. Tucker is only nine years in, and while he can kick for a long time if he stays healthy, asking anyone in the NFL to do anything for 13 more seasons is risky. Dan Orlovsky denounces the NFL Network's Top 100 players for 2020 for excluding Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. While he has made six Pro Bowls, that's not typically enough for interior linemen to make it into the Hall. Like Campbell, Heyward didn't earn widespread notoriety until he was approaching 30, with the Steelers star becoming a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler for the first time in his seventh season. He rarely gets the public attention he deserves, but the Pro Bowl voters haven't ignored the interior disruptor, who has earned eight Pro Bowl nods and a pair of first-team All-Pro votes. After that, we have players who are Likely to get in, who I estimate have between a 70% and 99% chance of earning induction. Lock (100%): TE Jason Witten. Scouting reports | More draft coverage. Green. In part, that has been driven by health; the only other wideout ranking in the top 100 for receiving yards who has played all 80 games over the past five seasons is Larry Fitzgerald. But as a running back who has been above average or good seemingly forever, he's getting in. 2 with 6,103 yards. Meanwhile, Johnson spent the first 12 years of his career with the expansion Texans, who didnt make the playoffs until his ninth season with quarterback play that ran the gamut from dreadful to above average. He turned 32 on Friday, and while there could be more left in the tank, he probably needs another Pro Bowl season or two to ensure he makes it. In the Super Bowl Era. Hester was a (great) returner, which typically doesn't inspire the same sort of fervor as other All-Pro nods, while Jackson actually started with three consecutive All-Pro nods before dropping off and retiring after nine years. In other words, instead of trying to project their chances by guessing what they'll do in the future, I'm looking at what they've done so far, comparing them to players at similar points in their careers, and seeing how often players with those sorts of careers made it into the Hall of Fame. These NFL wide receivers do not count toward our list of 10 worthy Hall of Famers. Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor. That wide receiver is Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson. What will define Eric Bieniemy's success? He should have a very strong case for election. Evans and Godwin might end up hurting each other's chances by preventing the other from getting a 185-target season like the one Michael Thomas enjoyed in 2019. Thielen only emerged as a starter after turning 26, which means he would have to play into his late 30s to have a chance at racking up the cumulative stats modern wide receivers will need for enshrinement. All but. But lack of team success isnt a disqualifier. Do you have a sports website? Since the merger, 11 offensive linemen have been named a first-team All-Pro in four consecutive seasons, and nine of them are in the Hall of Fame.